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Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online
January 2001

Appendix 2
Table 4
8 row MPN table

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Table 4. For 8 tubes each at 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001 g inocula,
the MPNs per gram and 95 percent confidence intervals.
Pos. tubes MPN/g conf. lim.
0.10

0.01

 0.001 Low High
0 0 0 <1.2 -- 4.3
0 0 1 1.1 .057 4.3
0 0 2 2.3 .42 6.7
0 1 0 1.1 .058 4.4
0 1 1 2.3 .42 6.7
0 2 0 2.3 .42 6.7
0 2 1 3.4 1.0 9.1
0 3 0 3.4 1.0 9.1
1 0 0 1.2 .064 6.7
1 0 1 2.4 .42 6.8
1 0 2 3.6 1.0 9.1
1 1 0 2.4 .42 7.3
1 1 1 3.6 1.0 9.1
1 1 2 4.8 1.8 12
1 2 0 3.6 1.0 9.1
1 2 1 4.9 1.8 12
1 3 0 4.9 1.8 12
1 3 1 6.1 2.8 15
1 4 0 6.2 2.8 15
2 0 0 2.6 .47 9.1
2 0 1 3.8 1.0 9.1
2 0 2 5.1 1.8 12
2 1 0 3.9 1.0 9.9
2 1 1 5.2 1.8 12
2 1 2 6.5 2.8 15
2 2 0 5.2 1.8 12
2 2 1 6.5 2.8 15
2 2 2 7.9 3.3 18
2 3 0 6.6 2.8 15
2 3 1 7.9 3.3 18
2 4 0 8.0 3.3 18
2 5 0 9.4 4.3 19
3 0 0 4.1 1.2 12
3 0 1 5.5 1.9 12
3 0 2 6.9 2.8 15
3 1 0 5.6 1.9 13
3 1 1 7.0 2.8 15
3 1 2 8.4 4.0 18
3 2 0 7.0 2.9 15
3 2 1 8.5 4.0 18
3 2 2 10 4.3 19
3 3 0 8.6 4.0 18
3 3 1 10 4.3 19
3 3 2 12 5.2 24
3 4 0 10 4.3 19
3 4 1 12 5.2 24
3 5 0 12 5.2 24
4 0 0 6.0 2.1 15
4 0 1 7.5 2.9 15
4 0 2 9.1 4.1 18
4 1 0 7.6 2.9 18
4 1 1 9.2 4.1 19
4 1 2 11 4.3 22
4 2 0 9.3 4.1 19
4 2 1 11 4.3 22
4 2 2 13 5.7 24
4 3 0 11 4.3 22
4 3 1 13 5.7 24
4 3 2 14 6.6 28
4 4 0 13 5.7 24
4 4 1 15 6.6 29
4 5 0 15 6.6 29
4 5 1 16 7.2 33
4 6 0 17 7.2 33
5 0 0 8.3 3.3 18
5 0 1 10 4.3 19
5 0 2 12 5.2 24
5 0 3 14 6.6 29
5 1 0 10 4.3 22
5 1 1 12 5.2 24
5 1 2 14 6.6 29
5 1 3 16 6.7 32
5 2 0 12 5.3 24
5 2 1 14 6.6 29
5 2 2 16 7.2 33
5 2 3 18 7.2 33
5 3 0 14 6.6 29
5 3 1 16 7.2 33
5 3 2 18 7.2 33
5 4 0 16 7.2 33
5 4 1 18 7.6 33
5 4 2 21 9.0 39
5 5 0 19 7.6 33
5 5 1 21 9.0 39
5 6 0 21 9.0 39
6 0 0 11 4.3 24
6 0 1 13 5.7 25
6 0 2 16 6.6 32
6 0 3 18 7.2 33
6 1 0 14 5.8 29
6 1 1 16 6.6 32
6 1 2 18 7.2 33
6 1 3 21 9.0 39
6 2 0 16 6.7 33
6 2 1 18 7.4 33
6 2 2 21 9.0 39
6 2 3 23 11 50
6 3 0 19 7.6 35
6 3 1 21 9.0 39
6 3 2 24 11 50
6 3 3 27 12 53
6 4 0 21 9.0 40
6 4 1 24 11 50
6 4 2 27 12 53
6 6 1 31 13 69
6 7 0 31 13 69
7 0 0 16 6.6 32
7 0 1 18 7.2 33
7 0 2 21 9.0 40
7 0 3 25 11 50
7 1 0 19 7.9 39
7 1 1 22 9.0 40
7 1 2 25 11 50
7 1 3 29 12 54
7 2 0 22 9.0 45
7 2 1 25 11 51
7 2 2 29 13 68
7 2 3 33 13 69
7 3 0 26 11 53
7 3 1 30 13 68
7 3 2 34 13 69
7 3 3 39 17 91
7 4 0 30 13 69
7 4 1 35 13 69
7 4 2 39 17 91
7 4 3 45 18 101
7 5 0 36 14 75
7 5 1 40 17 91
7 5 2 46 18 101
7 5 3 52 21 117
7 6 0 41 17 91
7 6 1 47 21 117
7 6 2 53 21 117
7 6 3 59 24 146
7 7 0 48 21 117
7 7 1 55 21 117
7 7 2 61 24 146
7 8 0 56 21 119
8 0 0 23 9.7 50
8 0 1 28 12 54
8 0 2 34 13 69
8 0 3 41 17 91
8 1 0 29 12 68
8 1 1 35 13 75
8 1 2 43 17 91
8 1 3 52 21 120
8 1 4 63 28 150
8 2 0 36 14 91
8 2 1 45 17 100
8 2 2 55 21 120
8 2 3 67 28 150
8 2 4 81 32 190
8 3 0 47 18 120
8 3 1 58 21 150
8 3 2 72 28 150
8 3 3 87 39 190
8 3 4 102 39 190
8 3 5 118 50 240
8 4 0 62 24 150
8 4 1 77 28 190
8 4 2 94 39 190
8 4 3 110 44 220
8 4 4 130 53 250
8 4 5 150 68 280
8 5 0 84 32 190
8 5 1 100 39 220
8 5 2 120 50 250
8 5 3 140 67 280
8 5 4 170 74 340
8 5 5 190 74 340
8 5 6 210 90 400
8 6 0 110 45 240
8 6 1 140 53 280
8 6 2 160 68 340
8 6 3 190 74 340
8 6 4 220 90 400
8 6 5 250 120 490
8 6 6 290 120 520
8 7 0 160 68 340
8 7 1 190 74 400
8 7 2 230 90 490
8 7 3 270 116 520
8 7 4 310 150 710
8 7 5 370 150 720
8 7 6 430 190 1000
8 7 7 510 190 1000
8 8 0 240 99 490
8 8 1 300 120 710
8 8 2 380 150 1000
8 8 3 510.0 190 1200
8 8 4 700 240 1700
8 8 5 980 340 2200
8 8 6 1400 490 3100
8 8 7 2100 710 5100
8 8 8 >2100 1000 --

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Most Probable Number from Serial Dilutions Table 3


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